Backchecking: 2-on-1 to 2-on-2
Two forwards attack one D. A backchecker starts late and hustles back to make it 2-on-2.
- Half ice
- Defence
- Shooting
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Diagram
Coaching points
- Backchecker: hustle! Skate hard through the middle.
- Backchecker: stick on the forward without the puck.
- D: take the puck carrier, stay between them and the net.
- Forwards: attack fast before the backchecker arrives.
- Shoot if the pass is gone.
How it runs
- Two forward lines at centre ice, a backchecker line on the boards, one D at the blue line.
- The forwards attack 2-on-1 and the D skates backwards.
- The backchecker leaves when the forwards cross the blue line and hustles back.
- The backchecker covers the open forward. Now it's 2-on-2.
- The puck carrier shoots. Rotate lines.
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